2008年11月12日星期三

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Terrorism

Closing arguments end in Hamas financing retrial (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 09:03 PM CST

AP - A Muslim charity did not break the law by casting politics aside and aiding Palestinians under brutal Israeli occupation, defense attorneys said in closing arguments Tuesday at the Holy Land Foundation's second trial for allegedly financing terrorism.

French terrorism fight may offer Obama an alternative (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:57 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - PARIS — As President-elect Barack Obama prepares to revamp American counter-terrorism programs and close down the Bush administration's controversial Guantanamo Bay military tribunals, the incoming Democratic leader could find a few building blocks in what France calls its "fight against terror."

Obama reviewing how to close Guantanamo: aide (AFP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 03:37 PM CST

In this image reviewed by the US Military, a guard tower is visible behind a razor-wire fence, at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, in Cuba, in July 2008. Barack Obama's presidential transition team said Tuesday it was working though the complicated issues involved in his campaign pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay AFP - Barack Obama's presidential transition team said Tuesday it was working though the complicated issues involved in his campaign pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay "war on terror" camp in Cuba.


UK doctor on trial says he backed Iraq insurgents (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 01:32 PM CST

AP - An Iraqi doctor on trial for allegedly attempting a suicide bombing in Britain testified Tuesday that he supported Sunni insurgents in his homeland but felt no grudge against the British people.

Terrorism Detainees Pose Tough Choices for Obama (CQPolitics.com)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 12:02 PM CST

In this June 6, 2008 file photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard stands at a gate at the Camp Delta detention compound, which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)CQPolitics.com - President-elect Barack Obama faces tough legal and political questions as his advisers seek to develop a new policy for handling detainees held at Guant?!namo Bay, Cuba.


Terror trial begins in Australia (AP)

Posted: 11 Nov 2008 08:05 AM CST

New South Wales Supreme Court judge Justice Anthony Whealy listens to a member of counsel in Parramatta Court, west of Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. The judge presiding over the trial of five Sydney men accused of a terrorist conspiracy has told the jury to clear any anti-Muslim bias from their minds Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Paul Miller, POOL)AP - Five Muslim men accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia stockpiled bomb-making instructions and purchased explosive chemicals as part of their plan, a prosecutor told a court Tuesday.


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